18 U AZ Storm: Welcome
Your 2006-07 AZ Storm!
The AZ Storm girl's 18 Under fastpitch team had disbanded with players being placed on several other 18U teams. If you have any questions about the teams previous players are on please contact Carl Newman at 602 418-2646 or Jeff DeWitt at 623 332-1632 .
Sunday, April 13
COLLEGE INFORMATION
For those of you who will be Juniors or higher next year, you should be sending out contact letters to perspective colleges. You should send out at least 20 letters to colleges you might want to attend. Younger players should also send out simple contact letters to get yourself on the radar screen at the upcoming showcase tournament and Nationals. Give any of the coaches a call if you need assistance. Everything you need to develop the letters and to get addresses is in the handout section.
The handout section includes a comprehensive list to help you with the College Recruiting Process. The recruiting process from the National Fastpitch Coaches (NFCA), NCAA rules, sample letters, college addresses and softball websites for all colleges are included. You must logon as an AZ Storm member to access the files. Click on the handouts to see the information. If you don't have an eteamz account click on handouts tab and follow the instruction or give Jeff DeWitt a call to get into the information.
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Sunday, November 25
Congratulations to the AZ Storm on a Great 2006-07 Season. The AZ Storm finished 5th of 24 teams at the Hall of Fame tournament in Oklahoma City, OK with a 6-2 record to secure a berth to the ASA National Tournament where they finished 33rd of 138 teams at the 16U ASA National Championship Tournament in Sioux Falls, SD.
Storm 16U Nationals August 2007
Monday, January 15
Storm Wins 18U TCS Cool January Tournament
The AZ Storm Newman team played up in the 18U TCS Cool January National Qualifier and finished with 7 wins and 0 losses for the weekend. The tournament lived up to its name with morning temperatures in the high 20s and ice on the fields. After a 3 and 0 finish in pool play on Saturday, on Sunday the Storm ended up facing the 18U Scottsdale Storm in the semi-finals. Down by three runs in the final at bat. The team rallied for 4 runs to win 7 to 6 and then face the 18U ICE in the championship game. This game ended in a 2 to 2 tie with the Storm winning the international tie breaker and a final score of 4 to 3. Everyone contributed in every phase of the game inlcuding great pitching, defense and great hitting, including two shots into the fence in the final inning of the Scottsdale Storm game and again in the tie breaker in the championship game by Krytal Garcia for critical RBIs.
Monday, May 14
Storm Finishes 3rd at 15th Annual ASA McGonigle Tournament 18U
The AZ Storm returned from the High School season with a 6 to 1 win over the 16U Killer Bees and then beat 18U Team Arizona before dropping a game to Hotshots -Davis in pool play. After receving a bye, the AZ Storm beat the 18U Storm 3 to 1 before falling to the 18U Americans to finish 3rd in the Tournament.
Monday, May 28
Storm Qualifies for Hall of Fame Tournment
The AZ Storm received one of two ASA Hall of Fame Tournament berths in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with a second place finish in a 14 team field behind the Killer Bees at the ASA Memorial Day Tournament in Tucson. The Storm had a bottom of 7th innning win against Hotshots Davis and then beat the AZ Wolfpack 7-1 before prevailing against a strong Colorado Explosion team 1-0 to stay in the winners bracket. After a loss to the Bees, a 2-0 win against a tough Tucson Inferno team resulted in a champtionship game against the Killer Bees and a second place finish securing the Hall of Fame berth.
Tuesday, June 12
18U TCS Cleats Summer ChampionshipTournament
In a tournament with 24 teams, AZ Storm completed a grueling 8 games in 24 hours with the first pool game on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. and the championship game finishing at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. After finishing pool games at 11:00 p.m., the morning game at 7:00 a.m. started with a 13-0 win over Lil Miss, followed by wins against AZ Power, a come from behind win over the 18U Lil Saints Cano and a 3-0 win over the 92 Storm. With players pulled due to heat exhaustion, the team kept fighting and had runners in scoring position several times but could not get the timely hit for another come from behind win. The 18U AZ ICE prevailed 4-0 in the Championship game.
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LITTLE THINGS
(from the Storm Playbook)
#10 Before each batter, know where the throw will go if the ball is hit to you.
#64 Use the take sign to set something up.
#97 Slide on steals, squeezes and sacrifices, and anytime the ball is in the air toward the base you are heading.
#150 Do whatever it takes to get the runner in from third base.
#151 It is not simply the will to win that makes a champion. It is the will to prepare to win. Work on the things you are bad at.
#158 When on base, always watch the ball. You will miss an opportunity if you don't.
#174 Try to get the opposing bench to yell "going" every time you take a lead off.
